· Hayden Carruth Award has developed into one of the most prestigious awards for emerging poets · Manuscript enthusiastically selected from over 1200 manuscripts. · Reading 1200 anonymous poetry manuscripts can be a mind-numbing experience, but Olstein’s manuscript shined through at level of reading, and some of the many notes scrawled on her manuscript from the readers include: o YES! o Stunning poems o Generous o Reaches out and grabs the reader o Engaging poetic logic o Lovely arc throughout book · Olstein is a former student at Harvard Divinity School · Subjects of poems include self-hypnosis, Greek islands, perceptions rooted in chronic illness
